TRUMP LOSES: Supreme Court Strikes Down Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

TRUMP LOSES: Supreme Court Strikes Down Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

By Olufemi Odeyemi

The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump, ruling 6-3 that the Constitution guarantees automatic citizenship to virtually all children born on American soil, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

The landmark decision in Trump v. Barbara struck down Executive Order 14160, which Trump signed on his first day in office on January 20, 2025. The order had sought to restrict citizenship conferred at birth to children with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by fellow conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the court's three liberal justices, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Describing citizenship as "the right to have rights," Roberts wrote that the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to every person born on American soil, and declared that the court was upholding that promise.

The ruling firmly rejects Trump's argument that children born to undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and therefore ineligible for citizenship. The decision affirms a principle that has stood since 1898, when the Supreme Court first addressed the matter in the landmark Wong Kim Ark case.

Three conservative justices dissented. Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, argued that the Citizenship Clause requires domicile rather than mere birth on U.S. soil. Justice Samuel Alito wrote separately that "the Court has made a serious mistake." Justice Brett Kavanaugh took a narrower position, arguing the order conflicted with federal statute rather than the Constitution itself.

Reacting to the defeat, Trump signaled he would pursue legislative options instead. He wrote on Truth Social that Congress should "start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship," pledging his "Complete and Total Support" for such efforts.

Legal experts say the ruling preserves the legal status quo nationwide. Because the executive order had already been blocked by multiple lower courts since January 2025 and never took effect, no immediate action is required of employers, hospitals, or government agencies. Advocacy groups, including the ACLU and the Legal Defense Fund, who brought the challenge on behalf of affected families, hailed the ruling as a decisive victory for constitutional rights.

The case was one of several major decisions issued by the court as it closed out its 2025-2026 term, alongside rulings on transgender athletes in school sports and campaign finance limits.

Tinubu Appoints Ex-UNILAG VC Ogundipe as NUC Board Chairman

Tinubu Appoints Ex-UNILAG VC Ogundipe as NUC Board Chairman

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC), in a major reshuffle of the agency's leadership.

Professor Ogundipe takes over from Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned the position after less than a year in office. Professor Aina had been appointed in July 2025, with board members inaugurated the following November.

Business Jet Crashes on Laredo Highway, Killing Tech Entrepreneur Joshua Baer

Business Jet Crashes on Laredo Highway, Killing Tech Entrepreneur Joshua Baer

A private business jet crashed and burst into flames on a busy highway in Laredo, Texas, late Tuesday night, killing one of the six people on board and sending shockwaves through the American tech and startup community.

The aircraft, a Cessna Citation Latitude operated by NetJets, had departed San José del Cabo, Mexico, en route to Austin, Texas. Just before 10 p.m., the flight crew radioed air traffic control in Laredo reporting mechanical difficulties and a fuel shortage, declaring an emergency as they attempted to divert to Laredo International Airport. Contact with the aircraft was lost moments later, and it went down on Laredo's Bob Bullock Loop, splitting in half on impact and catching fire.

Abisco VS Mayor KK 2027: APC Shuts Door on Primary Review!

Abisco VS Mayor KK 2027: APC Shuts Door on Primary Review! 

The All Progressives Congress has finalised its list of candidates for the 2027 general elections and ruled out any review of its recently concluded primaries, even as aggrieved aspirants across the country continue to pile pressure on the party  including a mounting dispute in the Alimosho Federal Constituency of Lagos State.

Ayobo-Ipaja Moves to Tackle Indiscriminate Waste Disposal

Ayobo-Ipaja Moves to Tackle Indiscriminate Waste Disposal

The Supervisor for Environment of the Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area, Hon. Okeowo Samson Olabode, has led a high-level engagement to the Executive Chairman, Hon. (Dr.) Agbaje Lukmon Abiodun, as part of efforts to address the growing challenge of indiscriminate waste disposal across the council area.

BELFAST BURNS: ANTI-IMMIGRANT RIOTS GRIP NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER SUDANESE MAN CHARGED WITH KNIFE ATTACK

BELFAST BURNS: ANTI-IMMIGRANT RIOTS GRIP NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER SUDANESE MAN CHARGED WITH KNIFE ATTACK

Far-right agitators blamed for stoking violence as water cannons deployed on second night of unrest

By Olufemi Odeyemi

BELFAST, June 11, 2026 — Northern Ireland descended into two nights of fierce anti-immigrant rioting this week, with masked mobs torching homes, vehicles, and buildings across Belfast after a brutal knife attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese asylum seeker sent shockwaves across the country.

The unrest was triggered by a knife attack allegedly perpetrated by a 30-year-old Sudanese refugee, who was charged with attempted murder, possession of a bladed weapon and making threats to kill after he repeatedly slashed a man in his forties in the head and neck on Monday. Northern Ireland police chief Jon Boutcher confirmed that the suspect had arrived in the United Kingdom in 2023, travelling via Paris and Dublin.

EJIGBADERO ADMINISTRATION ACCELERATES INFRASTRUCTURE DRIVE ACROSS AGBADO/OKE-ODO

EJIGBADERO ADMINISTRATION ACCELERATES INFRASTRUCTURE DRIVE ACROSS AGBADO/OKE-ODO

The administration of Executive Chairman Alhaji Abiodun Ishola Jimoh Ejigbadero is delivering visible change across Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, with a string of road construction, market development, and institutional upgrade projects now completed or at advanced stages.

Completed road projects across the council's wards include Omisesan Road, Yusuf Street, Omiata Road, Ogundare Street, Ire Akari Street, Odeleye Street, and Awonusi Street, off Kola Bus Stop. Residents in Ward B and Ward E, among other areas, are already benefiting from improved access and safer movement following the rehabilitation of key streets that had long been in poor condition.

HON. AYUBA DEFEATS ADEBAJO WITH 37,021 VOTES, DEMANDS APC RECOGNITION AHEAD OF 2027 ELECTIONS

HON. AYUBA DEFEATS ADEBAJO WITH 37,021 VOTES, DEMANDS APC RECOGNITION AHEAD OF 2027 ELECTIONS By Olufemi Odeyemi

Lagos, June 4, 2026 — The current member of the House of Representatives representing Alimosho Federal Constituency, Hon. Ganiyu Adele Ayuba, popularly known as Mayor K.K., has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to formally recognise him as the party's duly elected candidate for the 2027 general elections, following his landslide victory at the APC primary election.

Hon. Ayuba made the declaration at a press conference held today for him in Egbeda, Lagos, where he announced that he polled 37,021 votes against the 2,793 votes recorded by his closest rival, Hon. Olabisi Adebajo, also known as Abisco, a margin that he described as a clear and unambiguous expression of the will of the people.

"I am the popular candidate and the winner of this primary election," Ayuba told the gathering. "The figures speak for themselves, and I call on the APC leadership to do the right thing by registering my name as the candidate of our great party ahead of the 2027 elections."

In a show of party loyalty, Hon. Ayuba also appealed directly to President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to intervene in the matter, reaffirming his unwavering loyalty to the President and expressing confidence that the father of the party would ensure that justice prevails in the resolution of the primary election dispute.

The press conference, held at Egbeda, drew a wide cross-section of stakeholders, including APC party leadership in Alimosho, royal fathers, religious leaders, members of the Community Development Committee (CDC), youths, and party faithful, a turnout that underscored the breadth of support behind the incumbent lawmaker.

Hon. Ayuba, who currently occupies the Alimosho seat at the House of Representatives, positioned his overwhelming victory as a mandate from the grassroots and urged the party not to subvert the democratic process.

As the 2027 electoral cycle draws closer, the outcome of this primary and the APC leadership's response to Ayuba's demand is expected to shape the political landscape in one of Lagos State's most populous federal constituencies.

ZENITH BANK UNVEILS UPGRADED MOBILE APP WITH INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER AND MORE

ZENITH BANK UNVEILS UPGRADED MOBILE APP WITH INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER AND MORE

Redesigned app brings global banking to customers' fingertips

Zenith Bank Plc has launched a revamped version of its mobile banking app, raising the bar for digital banking in Nigeria with a host of new features including seamless international money transfers that customers can now execute directly from their smartphones.

PROTEST OUTSIDE KENYA'S PLANNED US EBOLA QUARANTINE CENTRE

PROTEST OUTSIDE KENYA'S PLANNED US EBOLA QUARANTINE CENTRE

Residents of Nanyuki rally against facility at Laikipia Air Base

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have taken to the streets to demonstrate against a proposed Ebola quarantine centre at Laikipia Air Base, after the United States announced plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola abroad to the facility rather than flying them home.

Protesters marched to the gates of the air base on Monday, chanting anti-Ebola slogans, two days after Kenya's High Court suspended the establishment of the facility pending a legal challenge filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog. Both organisations argue that Kenya's fragile health system makes it unsuitable to host foreign Ebola patients.

TINUBU COMMISSIONS THREE NAVAL VESSELS AT 70TH ANNIVERSARY FLEET REVIEW

TINUBU COMMISSIONS THREE NAVAL VESSELS AT 70TH ANNIVERSARY FLEET REVIEW

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday commissioned three new naval vessels—NNS Oloibiri, NNS Mambila, and NNS Gurara—praising the Nigerian Navy for seven decades of safeguarding the nation’s maritime borders and economic interests.

Speaking as the reviewing officer at the 2026 International Fleet Review at the Eko Atlantic Waterfront in Lagos, Tinubu commended the Navy’s success in wiping out piracy and curbing crude oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea, noting that these operations have directly boosted national oil production and investor confidence.